Emergency Contraception 101
Purpose:
To provide education for people who are interested in knowing more about emergency contraception. Educating others' on this would help lower pregnancy rates, abortion, and adoption processes. It is also very important for both men and women to know where emergency contraception is readily available just in case of an accident.
-Read 10 Common Myths, Misunderstandings, and big Ol' Lies About Emergency Contraception to learn about common myths associated with emergency contraception (EC)
-Learn more about Emergency Contraception from Planned Parenthood. They are a great agency that offer many resources for people of all ages. (Hint Hint)
-Go to the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and play the Method Match activity. You choose 4 different methods of birth control and it compares the cost, effectiveness, side effects, prevention of STI's, and etc. It is very informative!
Instructions:
- After reading 10 Common Myths, Misunderstandings, and big Ol' Lies About Emergency Contraception, please list 3 myths and why they are false.
- Next, do some research and find & list 3 places you could go to obtain emergency contraception in Duluth, MN.
I really like the website you provided with the common Myths. That gave a lot of good and fun information to read about. Especially where they mentioned about how it is hard to get without a car. When in fact there are many other possible ways to travel to the nearest store to purchase the EC pills by walking, biking, asking a friend, bus, taxi and etc. It's also good that you tied in the activity with reflecting where our resources are.
ReplyDeleteI think that its a great idea for you to make us not only state some misconceptions but also explain why its not the case. It makes you stop and think about what you read an write down the real truth behind it. I think that website shot down every myth I've ever heard about it, which is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really well-rounded learning activity! I actually had fun looking up the myths and then writing why they weren't true. I also think it's really valuable and practical to have us all look up places in Duluth that offer this service. What a good idea!
ReplyDeleteI had fun doing your activity Alicia. It was great to go in depth on a topic that I was only somewhat familiar with. Those myths were very educational and clarify in a way that is easy to understand. Great job.
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